Month: September 2016

(Image: Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaking in Jerusalem at a swearing-in ceremony for judges, July 28, 2016. Shaked is one of four female government ministers in Israel. Credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

By Andrew Tobin

TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Jewish state has nearly made it through another Jewish year and, as always, there was plenty to kvetch about in 5776.

But Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a time to take stock and celebrate.

Before the shofar blowing begins, here are five Israeli stories from the past year worth trumpeting. Expect them to echo into 5777 and beyond.

(Photo: “Israel Apartheid Week” on a University of California campus. Credit: AMCHA Initiative)

NEW YORK (JTA) — Over 300,000 Jewish college students have arrived or will arrive shortly on American campuses — and what they experience there is likely not only to broaden their minds and uproot long-held assumptions, but shake their Jewish selves to the core.

They will contend with powerful faculty and student voices accusing them of complicity in a regime of privilege and oppression here in America and of colonialism, genocide and apartheid in Israel.

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and its campus allies have far had…

LOS ANGELES — The following recipes are ones I love to use during the Rosh Hashanah holiday, but also can be cooked any day of the year, together or separately. While a little more complicated than usual, they definitely will elicit a “Yummy” from all around the table!